Marvel's Wolverine has been a long-time coming now, and still we're awaiting the official release of new information and gameplay details. Developer Insomniac Games has shifted its full production towards the development of this new Wolverine game now, which means its launch will be inching ever closer.
Naturally, this PS5 Wolverine game is among our most anticipated upcoming PS5 games and upcoming Marvel games, with Insomniac looking beyond the best Wolverine stories in Marvel Comics to deliver an original adventure. While we wait for more information on this PS5 exclusive, keep on reading to get yourself caught up with everything we know so far about Marvel's Wolverine.
Marvel's Wolverine trailer
The Marvel's Wolverine reveal trailer is 53 seconds of pure joy. It opens up in the aftermath of a barroom brawl, the room littered with blood and bodies as our favorite adamantium-clawed Mutant enjoys a short. That bar, our friends over at Newsarama have surmised, is the Princess Bar – AKA Logan's home away from home on the island of Madripoor, which you may also have spotted in Episode 3 of Falcon and The Winter Soldier. A brawler pulls a knife, Logan pops his claws, fade to black – let the wait for another look at the game in action begin!
Marvel's Wolverine release date is unconfirmed
Marvel's Wolverine has no firm release date or window. But if we're expectation-setting here, you should expect a lengthy wait. Insomniac currently has its hands full with one team working on Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and another on Marvel's Wolverine. Ryan Schneider, head of franchise strategy at Insomniac, noted that the game was in "very early in development" back in 2021. There's a good chance that we're in for quite a wait, especially as Insomniac wants to deliver an "emotional narrative and cutting-edge gameplay".
The good news is, as of 2024, production on Marvel's Wolverine does appear to be ramping up, with Insomniac's senior cinematic animator recently revealing that they had shifted their attention from Marvel's Spider-Man 2 to Wolverine.
Marvel's Wolverine setting
The presence of The Princess Bar in the reveal trailer at the very least signals that Logan won't be stuck at the Xavier Institute. If anything, teasing the island of Madripoor this early on could signal that Marvel's Wolverine will be a globe-trotting adventure. That's speculation for now, but it's worth pointing out the rumors that Marvel's Wolverine could be set as part of a broader universe that encompasses the Insomniac Spider-Man games. While Ryan Schneider, head of franchise strategy at Insomniac, explained that this was a "standalone game" he does drop this tease: "Being able to build a new, original universe with Spider-Man and now Wolverine is such an honor for so many of us at Insomniac Games."
Marvel's Wolverine gameplay predictions
The Marvel's Wolverine trailer does make a point of explaining that the images we are seeing are "not actual gameplay" but that isn't to say we don't have any idea of how it's going to play. Insomniac is known for its slick, kinetic, third-person action-adventure games – Sunset Overdrive, Ratchet & Clank, Spider-Man are proof of that. Insomniac wouldn't say either way, but Ryan Schneider, head of franchise strategy, did say the following: "one of the key elements that drew us to him is surprisingly not that different from Spider-Man: Both heroes feel deeply compelled to defend people who are less able to do so", before adding, "In the vein of our Spider-Man games, our goal here is to not only respect the DNA of what makes the character so popular, but also look for opportunities to make it feel fresh and truly reflect the Insomniac spirit."
Marvel's Wolverine leaks
Developer Insomniac Games was the victim of a significant data breach in 2023, after a hacking group demanded over two million USD to prevent the release of information online. The result was a massive Marvel's Wolverine leak, including the publishing of early development builds and early information about the game. The video game industry was quick to react, and rally in support of Insomniac, calling the breach "truly disgraceful and shameful."
Is Wolverine a PS5 exclusive?
Marvel's Wolverine is a PS5 exclusive, and will not be coming to PS4. While Spider-Man: Miles Morales was a cross-gen game when it launched alongside the PS5, Insomniac soon followed it with Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart – a PS5 platform exclusive. Insomniac has fully turned its attention to the new generation console and is working to squeeze every once of power out of it that it can.
Marvel's Wolverine development
Marvel's Wolverine is being developed by Insomniac Games, the studio behind two of the best PS5 games of the generation in Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart and Marvel's Spider-Man 2. The studio has grown tremendously since it was acquired by Sony and integrated into the PlayStation Studios portfolio, giving it the resources to produce multiple ambitious games all at once. Development will be led by creative director Brian Horton and game director Cameron Christian, who spearheaded the creative team for Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Logan is in safe hands, is what we're saying, and we're confident that the team will deliver for one best X-Men members of all time.
Insomniac is yet to confirm who we'll be fighting, but you have to believe it'll be a selection of the best Wolverine villains.
